Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.

Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States.

My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.

Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.

It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.